1. What PDA and/or mobile phone do I use today?

I have a Palm Vx PDA and a Motorola 120c mobile phone.

2. Are locked into a mobile carrier (i.e. Verizon Wireless, Sprint PCS, etc.), or do you prefer a particular carrier? Do you know if one carrier has better coverage in places that you need to be?

I currently use Verizon, and am fairly happy with them.

3. Where are you based? Do you stay in one place or travel a lot? Do you travel internationally... how much and where? Do you intend to use your pdaPhone there?

I'm in the San Francisco Bay Area. I do little traveling, mostly within the state.

4. Do have a preference of Palm, Pocket PC, Symbian, etc.?

Palm

5. Are you likely to run it the way it came out of the box, or do you intend to load a whole lot of extra applications and stuff on it? Do you know of anything now that you will need to run?

Mostly out of the box, although I do use Vindigo and AvantGo on my Palm.

6. How important is data, and what would you use data for (i.e. web, email, remote terminal, etc.)?

I would like web access and email, and being able to create and edit Word and Excel docs would be a real plus.

7. Do you do SMS messaging a lot?

No.

8. Do you need a GPS for mapping and navigation?

No.

9. What is your size preference.. very close to the smallest cellphone, or you don’t care.. function over size?

All of the alternatives are small enough for me.

10. How will you carry it... pocket, belt, purse, etc.?

Pocket.

11. Do you prefer a particular form factor… flip-phone, candy bar, etc?

Don't care which.

12. Do you prefer a QWERTY keyboard, or are you cool with a stylus?

Am used to a stylus, with my current PDA.

13. Do you want to play a lot of games? What kinds?

Not much other than what came with my Palm.

14. Do you want to listen to music? What kind... mp3, streamed, etc.?

MP3 would be nice.


All in all, which would be best for me, the Kyocera or the Samsung?